Gow, A. (2023) Collaborative Online International Learning: A Case Study. In: International Conference on Education and New Developments (END 2023), Lisbon, Portugal, 24-26 Jun 2023, pp. 23-26. ISBN 9789893510643
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Abstract
This paper examines the emerging Higher Education initiative of Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) and leads a discussion as to how we can develop an institutional approach to supporting a broad roll-out of COIL activity using the University of Glasgow as a case study. Collaborative Online International Learning is an approach that brings students and teaching staff together across cultures to learn, discuss and collaborate as part of their class. Educators collaborate to design the experience and students collaborate to complete the activities designed. COIL becomes part of the course, enabling all students to have a significant intercultural experience within their course of study. COIL connects staff with a contact in another country to develop collaborative projects that students complete together across time zones, language differences and geographical distance using online tools. The four pillars of COIL are: • Collaborative: staff are co-teaching the module on equal footing; students are put in a position of needing to cooperate effectively and efficiently to produce the required outputs of the activity. • Online: the interaction between the students and staff in question takes place (mostly or exclusively) online. • International: there is meaningful interaction between staff and students in two (or more) different countries, leading to the development of international and intercultural competences. • Learning: COIL is a learning activity, and should be an integral part of the curriculum, not an optional and inconsequential ‘extra’. This paper addresses an international community of learners reflecting on how COIL supports virtual mobility, inter-cultural competences, digital and other skills development, research-teaching linkage (students and staff), inclusive learning experiences and decolonizing learning and understanding global challenges with global partners. Using as case study approach I will explore how a partnership model of design and delivery can work, reflecting on assessment design dimensions of COIL and establishing an implementation plan. The complexities of COIL will be discussed, focusing on the four pillars of COIL which are required to be in place for any activity to be considered as COIL, with a strong emphasis on International meaningful interaction. This paper addresses the key point that HEIs must ensure that students are able to gain benefit from the activity given climate sustainability and access to international experiences.
| Item Type: | Conference Proceedings |
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| Keywords: | Collaborative, online, international, learning, global, mobility. |
| Status: | Published |
| Refereed: | Yes |
| Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: | Gow, Professor Ann |
| Authors: | Gow, A. |
| Subjects: | L Education > LB Theory and practice of education > LB2300 Higher Education |
| College/School: | College of Arts & Humanities > School of Humanities > Information Studies |
| Research Group: | WIARS |
| ISSN: | 2184-1489 |
| ISBN: | 9789893510643 |
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